| と |
| 1. syllable. (ja-kana-def) | |
| 2. part. with | |
| 僕 と 行きたい？ - Do you want to go with me? | |
| あなた と 一緒 に 行きます。 - I will go with you. | |
| 3. part. (when between nouns) and | |
| と can be attached to both nouns, but this is no longer common. Compare (nc, ko, -과), which also used to have this phenomenon. | |
| 彼女 は 英語 と フランス語（と）が 話せる。 - She can speak English and French. | |
| それ と これ。 - That and this. | |
| 犬 と 猫（と）を 私 は 飼っている。 - I keep the dog and the cat. | |
| 4. part. (a particle following a phrase or clause describing the detail, content or manner of the action, similar to a complement.) | |
| 「お願い！」と、彼女 は 言った。 - "Please!", she said. | |
| なん だ と！？ - What!? | |
| これはダメだと思います。 - I think this won't work. | |
| 小川 が 集めて 大河 と なる。 - Small streams gather and become big rivers. | |
| 氷と化す - become ice | |
| 5. part. if (q, when appended to a dictionary-form verb and followed by a present-tense sentence) | |
| 勉強 する と 分かる。 - If you study, you'll understand. | |
| 円高 が 進む と、日本 経済 が 混乱 する。 - If the high yen continues, the Japanese economy will be in dire straits. | |
| 二 と 三 を 掛ける と 六 に なる。 - If you multiply two and three, they make six. | |
| 6. part. when (q, when appended to a dictionary form verb and followed by a past-tense sentence) | |
| マンハッタン へ 行く と、大学 の 友達 に 会った。 - When I went to Manhattan, I met a friend from university. | |
| 7. part. Usage: * と in the sense of "and" can only be used to conjoin nouns; not verbs or sentences. They are joined by conjugation. | |
8. part. Usage: * と in the sense of "and" implies that the list is complete. In the above sentence, the subject only speaks English and French. To imply other items, the particles とか or | |
| 9. part. Usage: * と in the sense of "if" can be interchangeable with the conditional particles ば and たら/なら if the conditionals describe a hypothetical effect of an action. | |
| 10. part. Usage: * When と is used in the meaning "when" it implies that the action following と happened abruptly. See とき. | |
